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Israeli election results show victory for Netanyahu

View image | gettyimages.com JERUSALEM — The final results from Israel’s hard-fought election show a resounding victory for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud party and...

As Internet Explorer loses ground, Microsoft readies new web browser

SAN FRANCISCO — Look out, Internet Explorer. After 20 years of competing against rival web browsers, Microsoft is gearing up to launch its own alternative to...

Abu Sayyaf sub-leader in Sulu shot dead by nephew

MANILA — An Abu Sayyaf terrorist sub-leader was gunned down in cold-blood by his own nephew while the victim was taking a bath in a creek...

Sandiganbayan junks Napoles’ appeal not to attend hearings

MANILA — Despite claim by alleged pork barrel scam queen Janet Lim Napoles that the government need to cough Php43,500 every time she is being transported...

Unfair to judge PNoy because his side was never heard by probers — De Lima

MANILA  — Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Leila M. De Lima said on Thursday it is unfair to judge President Benigno S. Aquino III’s actions on...

PH Navy chief open to joint patrolling of uncontested areas of South China Sea

MANILA  — If joint patrolling by concerned parties will be done to preserve stability and freedom of navigation of international and domestic shipping, then the Philippine...

MRT-3 to under another round of rail replacement works this weekend — DOTC

More Canadians seek medical care in other countries

VANCOUVER — More than 52,000 Canadians left the country to seek medical care in other countries, according to a new study released on Tuesday by the...

Ontario minimum wage, indexed to inflation, rises to $11.25 in October

TORONTO — Ontario’s minimum wage will rise to $11.25 an hour starting Oct. 1, making it the second-highest rate in the country after the Northwest Territories....

Study: Euthanasia cases more than double in northern Belgium

BRUSSELS — Almost one in 20 people in northern Belgium died using euthanasia in 2013, more than doubling the numbers in six years, a study released...